Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) Best Practices: Mentoring Native Youth

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Best Practices

This resource contains tips and recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.

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Best Practices

This resource contains tips and recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.

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Description of Resource:

This “Best Practices” resource contains tips and recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.

 

Goals:

To increase the cultural competence of mentoring practitioners and mentors for working with Native youth.

 

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs serving Native communities or youth.

 

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training, Monitoring and Support, Closure

 

Key Personnel:

None.

 

Additional Information:

Please find additional information about Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Native Services.

Resource Name:

BGCA Best Practices: Mentoring Native Youth

 

Publisher/Source:

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

 

Author:

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

 

Date of Publication:

No date

 

Resource Type:

Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

 

Evaluation Outcomes:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

 

Evaluation Validity:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Accessing and Using this Resource:

This resource is available for free download in PDF format from the Boys & Girls Clubs Native Services website: http://www.naclubs.org. This resource is available in English.

References:

None

  • Description of Resource:

    This “Best Practices” resource contains tips and recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.

     

    Goals:

    To increase the cultural competence of mentoring practitioners and mentors for working with Native youth.

     

    Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

    Mentoring programs serving Native communities or youth.

     

    Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

    Training, Monitoring and Support, Closure

     

    Key Personnel:

    None.

     

    Additional Information:

    Please find additional information about Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Native Services.

  • Resource Name:

    BGCA Best Practices: Mentoring Native Youth

     

    Publisher/Source:

    Boys & Girls Clubs of America

     

    Author:

    Boys & Girls Clubs of America

     

    Date of Publication:

    No date

     

    Resource Type:

    Program Management Resources

  • Evaluation Methodology:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

     

    Evaluation Outcomes:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

     

    Evaluation Validity:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

  • Accessing and Using this Resource:

    This resource is available for free download in PDF format from the Boys & Girls Clubs Native Services website: http://www.naclubs.org. This resource is available in English.

  • References:

    None